Spiced Pulled Pork Nachos with Chicas Chips & Salsa

I’m giving away a huge treat! So stay with me here and enter to win – or jump just below the recipe and do so now. It only takes a minute and you won’t want to miss out on Chicas Chips and Salsa — simply put, they’re the absolute best! And they bring these Spiced Pulled Pork Nachos to another level.If you’ve been following Cooking On The Weekends for any amount of time, I’m sure it’s clear that I get very enthusiastic about things I love. You’ve seen how many exclamation points I use! 😉

Well my friends, today it’s all about chips and salsa. Yep, simple perfect chips and salsa!

Full disclosure: I contacted Arboleda Foods and offered to write about them. I’m not being monetarily compensated for this post. I was given product for recipe testing and promotion. I was simply eager to share their brand with you because I’m in love with it. Arboleda Foods is sponsoring the giveaway I’m hosting and will be sending the winner product directly.

I’ve been serving Chicas Chips for a few years now at parties, and the response to the chips is always overwhelmingly positive. Everyone proclaims them to be the best chips they’ve ever had, and they want to know the brand and where to get them. Everyone! And that’s exactly why I wanted to share them with all of you.

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Arboleda Foods is a family-run business (my favorite kind!), located in Los Angeles, CA. The founder, Irlanda Montes, began the business in 2010 with one goal in mind: “to learn everything she could to see her beloved mother’s salsa made to be enjoyed by everyone.”

Irlanda debuted the salsa at an LA Farmers Market in 2011, along with homemade chips to serve it with. Not only was the salsa a hit, but the chips were an even bigger hit.

Arboleda Foods’ Chicas Chips and Salsas are in over 70 locations today!

Why are Chicas Chips the best?

They’re hand-crafted in pure rice bran oil. The combination of the rice bran oil and sea salt gives them a unique, exquisite flavor.

And on top of all of that, the chips are gluten-free, vegan, have no trans-fat and no cholesterol.

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Why rice bran oil?

Rice bran oil is the oil extracted from the hard outer layer of rice, and it has a very high smoke point and a mild flavor. The high smoke point makes is perfect for high-temperature cooking methods like frying and deep frying.

Foods — the chips in this case — absorb less oil when rice bran oil is used for cooking because the viscosity of the oil is quite light. As a result of less oil absorption, foods cooked in it will be lighter, have fewer calories, and enhanced flavor.

About the salsa . . .

Chicas Gourmet Hot Salsa is not too hot. I generally don’t like things labeled “hot,” as they’re typically too hot for me. This salsa however, is just right — spicy but easy on the mouth. Know what I mean?

The salsa is rich in flavor, as it’s slowly cooked to perfection with tomatoes and tomatillos. I also love it served with grilled chicken shrimp or steak.

I’m sure you haven’t forgotten the over-the-top Perfect Spiced Pulled Pork we made the other day, right?Now imagine that, if you will, on Chicas Chips, with a bit of melted pepper jack cheese, fresh avocado and tomato, all balanced with Chicas Salsa which adds exactly the right amount of spice.

You want this, trust me. Enter to win below the recipe. It’s easy!Enter to win the Chicas™ Party Bundle below the recipe!I’m rooting for you to win, but just in case, here are all of the store locations that sell Chicas Chips & Salsa, or you can order them here.

Valentina, you’re making me wish I was living in the USA because those chips & salsa look amazing. We don’t get restaurant quality chips or salsa over here, so my mouth is watering looking at those images.

Oh, I am all about this recipe, Valentina! We love chips around here, too. I’m not familiar with Chicas Chips, so we’d have to order them to bring ’em up here to the northeast. I’m ok with that! We keep pulled pork in the freezer all winter long for easy meals, and I’m thinking some of that pulled pork needs to come out and turn into nachos. What a delicious idea! If I won the prize bundle, I’d have to invite the curling teammates + wives over for a nacho throwdown! (Yes, I’d call it a nacho throwdown…haha!) 🙂